Orson

Orson may refer to:

Places

• Orson, Pennsylvania, a very small town in Preston Township, Pennsylvania in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
• Orson, Indiana, a small fictional town in the TV series The Middle.

People

• Orson Scott Card, science fiction author
• Orson Welles, American director, writer, actor and producer for film, stage, radio and television
• Orson Bean, American film, television, and stage actor
• Orson Squire Fowler, phrenologist who popularized the octagon house

Fictional characters

• Orson, the hero of Valentine and Orson, a medieval romance, from which the name originates
• Orson Hodge, a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives
• The unseen supervisor of the alien Mork from planet Ork on the ABC situation comedy Mork & Mindy
• Orson Pig, a fictional character on the comic strip U.S. Acres
• Orson the Ghost, a fictional character from the two Pac-Man games; Pac-Man World (as the game's main antagonist, because he was jealous of Pac-man's popularity) and Pac-Man World 3 (as Pac-man's friendly ally, because he wants to protect his world).

Early Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Orson Pratt and Orson Hyde, leaders in the Latter-day Saint movement and original members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles
• Orson F. Whitney, politician, journalist, poet, historian and academic, and member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles
• Orson Spencer, prolific writer and prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Orson Pratt Huish, Latter-day Saint hymn writer

In Music

• Orson (band), a BRIT Award-winning American rock band from Hollywood, formed in 2000.

Other

• A male melanistic jaguar at the San Diego Zoo named Orson.

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